Tag Archives: India

BizLED Bureau June 9, 2015: The Prime Minister?s Office (PMO) has suggested that all government departments and their subordinate offices would procure only LED lights for usage in the departments, replacing the traditional bulbs like CFLs and tube lights. Although costlier than the conventional lights, LEDs consume less energy and have long life. Hence, in the long run it not ...

By BizLED Bureau April 13, 2015: Indian state government in Rajasthan has decided to illuminate the streets in urban areas with energy-efficient and smart LED street lights. The state government will replace 16.5 lakh traditional streetlights with LEDs in 44 municipalities over the next two years. In this regard, it has signed an MoU with a public sector company. Out ...

January 29, 2015: With LED applications increasing significantly in India, it is impacting businesses of companies who are into CFL and florescent lights. Leading lighting player and electrical goods maker Havells India has reported 4% decline in standalone net profit, with the third quarter closing at Rs 116.21 crore while sales rose by 5% to Rs 1,236 crore. On the ...

January 28, 2015: Philips lighting division has signed the largest street lighting project to upgrade street lighting in the Spanish capital Madrid, says Frans van Houten, CEO, Philips. ?We signed a contract to provide the city of Madrid with what is the world?s largest street lighting upgrade to date, involving the replacement of 225,000 luminaires,? said the CEO. He said ...

January 5, 2015: Mumbai streets will soon be lit with energy-efficient LED lights. They will replace the conventional street lights in the city. ?In the first phase, all the street lights at Marine Drive will be replaced with LED lights in the next 20 days,? said Ashish Shelar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mumbai unit chief and MLA, said at a ...

November 29, 2014: Uttar Pradesh government in India is working with the UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) on a model to sell LED bulbs in an affordable price so that maximum number of people in the state can use it and save electricity. Under the new model, the state government plans to sell an LED bulb, which actually costs Rs ...

August 28, 2014: Videocon launched a 4K ultra high definition LED TV in India, with the aim to increase its market share in the flat panel display (FPD) segment to 20% from the current 16%. This new range of LED TV offers features like 3D gaming and face recognition. With 8.3 megapixels, the LED displays four times more pixels than ...